Military News

A blind employee has filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs claiming discrimination over the VA’s new $10 billion electronic health records system.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-07-15/veterans-blind-lawsuit-electronic-medical-records-14496247.html

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The Navy has awarded a small New York firm a $20 million contract to develop a compact, next-generation mercury ion atomic clock, the Pentagon announced recently. … government and military …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-01-19/atomic-clock-navy-contract-ships-aircraft-spacecraft-nasa-4341791.html

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The Environment Department’s Hazardous Waste Bureau started regulating the cleanup effort in 2010, according to the agency’s website. Lynnes said that the Air Force has spent about $125 million on …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-07-26/kirtland-air-force-base-fuel-spill-cleanup-milestone-2317479.html

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Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., told leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees in a letter this week that troops should have the same level of IVF …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-10-25/ivf-ndaa-congress-military-families-15625439.html

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He said the Marine Corps took the report “extremely seriously” and that the matter “was aggressively investigated by US military law enforcement in cooperation with local authorities.”

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-04-21/us-marine-faces-attempted-sexual-assault-charge-okinawa-5752932.html

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National Guard troops in 18 states and Washington, D.C., had been activated or placed on standby orders by their governors for duty amid fears of a tense Election Day on Tuesday, defense officials …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-11-05/national-guard-presidential-election-15746827.html

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Stiles said she served in the Navy from 2002 to 2021 and retired as a senior chief petty officer. She battled eating disorders for over 30 years, including her time in the service.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-09-13/sea-waves-eating-disorders-military-15160178.html

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Riley Collins of the 235th Military Police Company combat reloads a magazine into his M9 Beretta during pistol qualifications in Guernsey, Wyo., June 16, 2016. … based on the firm’s P320 pistol.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/sig-sauer-wins-580m-contract-to-replace-army-s-m9-sidearm-1.450025

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Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-06-20/tinian-air-force-tactical-vehicle-accident-14248517.html

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The burn pit at Balad Air Base, Iraq, in 2008. Long deployments to military bases with open-air burn pits put veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at higher risk for certain respiratory …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-04-29/military-burn-pit-health-research-13695550.html

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Following an increase in noise complaints, MCAS Iwakuni announced a crackdown on automobiles out of compliance with Japanese law on modified exhaust systems, according to an email Friday from base …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-07-23/loud-mufflers-marines-iwakuni-japan-14567468.html

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The U.S. military has signed two Japanese firms to maintain its V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft across the Pacific under contracts worth $225 million each. Under the contracts, NIPPI Corp. and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-07-28/osprey-tiltrotor-repairs-us-military-japan-2334831.html

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An Army veteran’s widow was awarded a court settlement following the death of her 64-year-old husband from lung cancer that was not diagnosed at the William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-04-08/army-veterans-affairs-lawsuit-settlement-lung-cancer-13512440.html

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Maj. Gen. Anthony Funkhouser, left, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commander, checks out the dredging of a military port in Naha, Japan, August 29, 2019.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/us-military-competing-for-contractors-in-japan-s-booming-building-industry-1.596570

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“The United States military flies, sails and operates anywhere international law allows.” The flight began around 12:15 p.m. and concluded around 1 p.m., 7th Fleet spokeswoman Cmdr. Alison …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-17/navy-poseidon-taiwan-strait-china-15205057.html

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The U.S. Army has dropped the charges against Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lane, discharging the soldier who disappeared from his base in Germany and turned up at a military hospital under a false name.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-11-06/awol-soldier-avoids-court-martial-15758054.html

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A still image from the U.S. Marine Corps’ new recruiting commercial “Full Circle” released Nov. 11, 2021. The video shows the journey from one Marine generation to the next.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-11-26/marines-recruiting-inspiring-veterans-new-full-circle-ad-3759180.html

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The purchase by a U.S. firm represents a full circle in American-Philippine military relations. The U.S. occupied the Philippines in 1898 after defeating Spain in the Spanish-American War.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-04-21/us-firm-buys-former-us-navy-shipyard-subic-bay-philippines-5761612.html

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Additionally, Taber said with a continuing resolution, which doesn’t provide enough funding for adequate resources, military responses that once took 24 hours might now take 48 to 72 hours.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-11-18/oklahoma-army-national-guard-military-funding-solution-12091579.html

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Oct 23, 2024An artist’s rendering shows the completed $500 million housing project in Vicenza, Italy, which will provide 478 new homes for Army families by 2028.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-10-23/vicenza-army-housing-project-update-15600195.html

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